Fargo Diversion Costs

Fargo Dam and FM Diversion Costs as of April 30, 2018

Fargo Diversion Authority spent another $ 1,804,590.50 from March 31, 2018 to April 30, 2018. Over 26.76 percent of the original projected cost. The Fargo Diversion Authority has pumped over $125.4 million into OHB ring-dike-levee and private country club, which provides ZERO FLOOD PROTECTION BENEFIT TO FARGO, all courtesy of state and local taxpayers. With unfinished internal flood protection projects the Fargo Diversion Authority continues to pump millions into the non-flood prone OHB ring-dike-levee and private Oxbow Country Club, courtesy of state and local taxpayers.

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Defending Richland and Wilkin counties May 3, 2018

Richland-Wilkin Joint Powers Authority Original Publication Date: May 3, 2018 Wahpeton Daily News Republished with permission from: Trana Rogne, Richland County In 2013, the North Dakota Senate passed an amendment to a spending bill to fund Fargo’s flood protection. The amendment directed that any state tax dollars going to Fargo needed to be spent on […]

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Fargo Diversion Costs

Fargo Dam and FM Diversion Costs as of March 31, 2018

Fargo Diversion Authority spent another $ 1,179,178.91 from February 28, 2018 to March 31, 2018. Over 26.6 percent of the original projected cost. The Fargo Diversion Authority has pumped over $128 million into OHB ring-dike-levee and private country club, which provides ZERO FLOOD PROTECTION BENEFIT TO FARGO, all courtesy of state and local taxpayers. With unfinished internal flood protection projects the Fargo Diversion Authority continues to pump millions into the non-flood prone OHB ring-dike-levee and private Oxbow Country Club, courtesy of state and local taxpayers.

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